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Lee Enfield SMLE

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Lee Enfield SMLE

Lee Enfield SMLE bolt action rifle used around the British Empire for decades. It had a very smooth, robust bolt action. Magazine could hold 10 rounds, fed by 5 round stripper clips. Skilled marksmen could fire 30 rounds in one minute, known as the "mad minute".

British soldiers with Lee Enfields, 1918.

Bolt cocked the rifle on opening, the reverse direction as the Mauser, giving it a different feel.

As seen near the end of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.